YOUNGSVILLE, LA. — Greystone has provided a $25.3 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan for the construction of Sugar Mill Villas Apartments, a planned 164-unit multifamily community in Youngsville. The non-recourse, fixed-rate loan will fund 85 percent of the project. The loan will automatically convert to a 40-year, fully amortizing permanent loan upon stabilization. The community will be situated at 1931 Chemin Metairie Parkway, within the master-planned Sugar Mill Pond neighborhood. Sugar Mill Villas will also be located near the Youngsville Sports Complex, a $20 million, 70-acre development. A timeline for construction of Sugar Mill Villas was not disclosed. The borrower was also not disclosed.
ORANGE PARK, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the $10.6 million sale of Promenade Park Avenue, a 105-unit apartment complex in Orange Park. The property was originally built in 1974 and offers two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a swimming pool. The asset is situated at 606 Park Ave., 14 miles south of downtown Jacksonville. Cole Whitaker and Greg Rainey of Berkadia represented the seller, New York City-based Quad Property Group, which acquired the property for $6.7 million in December 2017. The buyer was not disclosed.
LADY LAKE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.1 million sale of Old Dixie Portfolio, a 43,255-square-foot building that features 30 rental townhomes and 7,500 square feet of office space. The property is located at 102 S. Old Dixie Highway in Lady Lake, 50 miles northwest of downtown Orlando. The multifamily community, called Christine’s Place Apartments, offers two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,192 square feet. The community was built in 1997. The office space, Chelsea Plaza, was built in 1999 and comprises seven suites that are leased to a mix of medical, professional and technology tenants. Casey Babb, Ryan Wooden, Luis Baez and Shawn Rupp of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a limited liability company.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Colliers International has negotiated the $3.2 million sale of Villages at Apalachee, a 9,026-square-foot retail strip center in Tallahassee. The property is situated at 1435 E. Lafayette St., two miles east of downtown Tallahassee and across the street from Governor’s Square Mall. Villages at Apalachee was fully leased to Uncle Maddio’s Pizza, Allure Nails, Vape Haven and Aveda-Soleil Hair Salon at the time of sale. Mike Milano, Sean Glickman, Chris Smith and Brandon Rapone of Colliers represented the seller, Shuler Properties, in the transaction. EM Real Estate Development Florida LLC, which is affiliated with an investment firm based in California, acquired the asset.
DALLAS — The State of Texas, the Texas Military Department (TMD) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) have identified the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas as a makeshift healthcare facility to treat patients suffering from COVID-19, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Sunday. The convention center, located downtown, will be the first site to be equipped with additional healthcare equipment and facilities. Local ABC affiliate WFAA reports that 250 beds will be set up with the capacity to expand to 1,400 beds if needed. In his statement, Abbott also stated that the number of hospital beds for COVID-19 patients in Texas has doubled over the past week, and announced a mandatory 14-day quarantine for anyone traveling into Texas from any part of Louisiana. According to its website, the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center features 1 million square feet of exhibit space, three ballrooms, 88 meeting rooms, a 1,750-seat theater and a 9,816-seat arena.
HOUSTON — Strategic Realty Holdings LLC has acquired Stonebridge at City Park, a 240-unit apartment community in southwest Houston. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 680 to 1,107 square feet and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and onsite laundry facilities. Florida-based alternative lender Electra Capital contributed a $5.5 million preferred equity investment for the acquisition. The seller was not disclosed.
SCHERTZ, TEXAS — Titan Development Real Estate Fund 1 has sold Building 1 at Titan Industrial Park in the Central Texas city of Schertz. The property was built on a speculative basis, fronts Interstate 35 and has been marketed to users seeking spaces between 20,000 and 100,000 square feet. The buyer was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Finial Group has arranged a 42,979-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 15882 Diplomatic Plaza Drive in Houston for Elbi of America LP, a manufacturer of water storage, heating and treatment systems. Doc Perrier and Jack Parsons of Finial Group represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Dayne Wunderlich of InSite Realty Partners LP represented the undisclosed landlord.
PASADENA, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Strawberry Plaza, a 13,753-square-foot retail center located in the eastern Houston suburb of Pasadena. The asset was listed for $1.7 million. Riley Sharman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, and procured the buyer, a limited liability company.
NEW YORK CITY — The Four Seasons Hotel New York in Manhattan has made all of its 368 rooms available free of charge to medical workers including doctors, nurses and other personnel treating patients in the epicenter of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, according to a statement by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The hotel industry has suffered a severe decline in demand due to “stay at home” orders and travel restrictions nationwide, according to recent data from CBRE. The Los Angeles-based real estate giant estimates that revenue per available room RevPAR, a key financial metric for the industry, will decline 37 percent in 2020, with a contraction of more than 60 percent in the second quarter. Prior to the spread of COVID-19 into the United States, CBRE had forecasted a 0.1 percent decline in RevPAR on a national basis in 2020. Several hotels in New York City and other major markets are temporary utilizing their vacant rooms to lodge medical personnel and some non-critical patients.